Sectorisation was introduced in Tunisia in 1999. The objective of this study was to examine the difficulties and resistance to the sectorisation of psychiatric care in the state of Nabeul. A transversal study was conducted over a period of 5 months from 1 November 2014 to 31 March 2015 on 96 patients resident in the state of Nabeul and treated at Razi hospital. Patients were aged between 18 and 69 years old [‎ sex ratio equal to one]‎, 55.2% were single and 46% had a low socio-economic level [‎n=44]‎. Chronic psychotic disorder was diagnosed in 64.3%, ...